On the schedule, it will look like just another 0-2 weekend, another lost road trip, another missed opportunity. But for the members of the UCLA women’s volleyball team, their trip to the Bay Area this weekend was anything but a pair of wasted matches. UCLA’s losses to Stanford and Cal dropped UCLA to 12-10 on […]
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Missed opportunities cost women’s volleyball in losses to Cal, Stanford
The last time the UCLA women’s volleyball team took on California , the Golden Bears hung around, managing to take crucial points and win the match 3-0. It was the same story in this weekend’s rematch, as the tenacious Bears stole another tight victory from the Bruins. In a nearly three-hour match in which the […]
UCLA women’s volleyball zoned in for Stanford, Cal road games
As the UCLA women’s volleyball team prepares to travel to the Bay Area this weekend to once again take on Stanford and Cal, the team has made slow but steady improvement since the last time it played these teams. Nearly four weeks ago, the UCLA women’s volleyball team took on Stanford and Cal in back-to-back […]
Focus is key for women’s volleyball during tough stretch of games
It has been a common theme for the UCLA women’s volleyball team this year – start strong, hang with teams, then fade in the final few points, giving away winnable sets. Those giveaways have too often turned into losses, which have made the taste of disappointment a common one for the Bruins. “Our losses have […]
UCLA women’s volleyball earns first home win versus Washington State
For much of the 2013 season prior to Saturday’s match against Washington State, home court had proven to be anything but advantageous for UCLA women’s volleyball. After failing to win a single set in its first two games at Pauley Pavilion, the team left its home floor with its third straight loss after its match […]
UCLA women’s volleyball looks to carry momentum to games in Washington
UCLA women’s volleyball faces a rather interesting paradox in its matches against Washington and Washington State this weekend. For a team that has so often struggled maintaining focus and at times failed to remember assignments, the Bruins must now quickly forget their recent success – a 3-0 sweep over the then-No. 22 Arizona State Sun […]
UCLA women’s volleyball looks to turn around season
When the UCLA women’s volleyball players awoke last Saturday morning following their match against Arizona, it appeared that their newfound confidence had died on arrival in the desert. UCLA entered last Friday’s match against Arizona riding high off its first Pac-12 victory of the year. However, the momentum was to be short-lived – the Bruins […]